forwarded for Edward --------------------- Robert,
Yes, as far as I am aware there are no legislative (regulatory) requirements that would enforce either the ETS 300 019 or ETS 300 119 series of ETSI standards. There is Directive 94/62/EC that deals with packaging. Also draft legislation to cover environmental concerns for recycling and use of lead etc. (the WEEE Directive and its derivatives) and proposals to implement the Energy Star programme in Europe. But nothing specific to central office environments or telecoms for that matter that would enforce the ETSI equivalent of the NEBS standards. I hope this clarifies my earlier statement. In fact, to my knowledge NEBS is also only a commercial compliance issue - isn't it? Best regards and those of you in N.America have a relaxing long weekend, Edward -----Original Message----- From: Robert Macy [mailto:m...@california.com] Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 8:01 PM To: Edward Fitzgerald Subject: Re: ETSI standards vs NEBS -----Original Message----- From: Edward Fitzgerald <edward.fitzger...@ets-tele.com> To: 'Gorodetsky, Vitaly' <vgorodet...@canoga.com>; 'Dave Wilson' <dwil...@alidian.com>; 'nebs@world.std.com' <nebs@world.std.com>; 'emc-p...@ieee.org' <emc-p...@ieee.org>; 't...@world.std.com' <t...@world.std.com> List-Post: nebs@world.std.com Date: Friday, September 29, 2000 3:20 AM Subject: RE: ETSI standards vs NEBS > >Dear Dave / Vitaly, > >In general terms throughout Europe (West [EU] - Central - East [incl. >CIS]) the ETS 300 019/119 series tends to take precedence [over NEBS] >where required by customers (e.g. Network Operators). > >There are no regulatory requirements in the EU and strictly speaking >there are only environmental & reliability requirements to be met for >the Russian Federation's Elektrosviaz (Telecom) Certification. > Are you saying there are no regulatory requirements in the EU to comply with the ETSI standards? - Robert -
